Paris — La Défense and the Pompidou, 2022

A Paris day in straight lines and bold geometry — the white concrete and glass of La Défense, the great hollow of the Grande Arche and the canopy beneath it, then the Centre Pompidou: the inside-out building, its modern art, and the rooftop view back across the city to the Eiffel Tower. The modern city, away from the postcard.